Washing-machine



ModeL) J P M.YERS! WASHING MACHINE.

No. 269,095. Patented Dec. 12-, 1882.

l w, l a

UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

' JOHN P. MYERS, OF ROCHESTER, INDIANA.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 269,095, dated December 12, 1882,

Application. filed July 31,1882. (ModeL) To all whom it may concern:

. Beit known that I, JOHN P. MYERS, a citizen of the United States, residingat Rochester, in the county of Fulton and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Im provements in Washing-Machines; andI do declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such-as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part ofthis specification.

This invention has relation to improvements in cylinder washing-machines.

It consists in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully described, and specifically pointed out in the claim.-

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section of the suds box or tank and the cylinder. Fig. 2 is a side view, and Fig. 3 isa transverse section on line 00 09, Fig. 2.

n represents the suds box or tank, provided with suitable bearings for the gudgeons of the cylinder.

a is a cap or lid fitting down over the cylinder on top of tank a, and completely incasing the cylinder and preventing the water which is thrown up in the operation of the machine from getting on the floor or stove.

6 represents the cylinder, which I preferabl y make octagonal, as shown. It is provided with the gudgeons b b, from one of which is bent the crank N, as shown.

, represents a section cut from the cylinder, which section is hinged on one side and provided with a spring-catch, b, on its opposite side, which engages a lug or latch, b fixed on one end of the cylinder, formingadoor through which the clothingis placed within or removed from the cylinder, as desired.

0 represents openings cut through the alternate sections or sides of the cylinder at suitable distances apart and extended from end to end thereof, as shown.

0"0 represent plates extended horizontally from end to end of the cylinder, and having their upper sides made fast to the inner side of cylinder on either side of and at points equidistant from the opening 0, and having their opposite ends inclined inwardly to a point under the opening 0, with an opening, 0 leading between the plates 0 into the main portion of the cylinder. By this construction I form buckets d, arranged within the cylinder on both sides of the outer opening, 0, so that the cylinder may revolved in either direction, and the water will be caught up by the buckets. Where it is only desired to revolve thecylinder in one direction it will be necessary to employ only the bucket in rear. With reference to the desired motion of the openings 0, I prefer, however, to make the buckets in pairs, arranged as shown, on either side of the openings 0.

e represents radial break plates or boards, secured to the inner side of the cylinder, midway the adjacent pairs of buckets d, and alternating therewith, as shown. These plates are braced by bars 6', extended over the breakboards, as shown, with their ends secured to the walls of cylinder.

ff represent ports through the cylinder on either side of the break-boards e. The breakboards 0 and the pairs of buckets d, it will be seen, are arranged alternately on the inner side of the cylinder.

In the operation of my device I place the suds box or tank a on the stove with a sufficient quantity of water therein, and place the cylinder containing the clothing to be washed in the suds-box and coverit by the top or cap a. The cylinder is then revolved and the water is caught up through opening 0 in the bucket d, arranged in rear thereof, and carried to or nearly to a vertical point, being thrown onto the clothing in a stream through the opening 0 the inclination of the plate 0 being such that the water is not thrown all at once, but is delivered in a stream as the bucket is raised. The buckets being arranged on either side of the opening 0, permit the motion to be reversed. The water when thrown from the buckets d passes out through the portsf, which are arranged on opposite sides of the break-board e, as shown, and will thus permit the ready exit of the water with either the direct or-reverse motion of the cylinder. The break-boards also serve as heaters for the clothing being washed, and, extendingoutbetween the portsf, prevent the'clothingbeing sucked into the said openings as the water rushes out through the said ports in the operation of the machine.

The form of the bucket d permits the steam to readily pass through, and at the same time raises the water, and a thorough circulation of steam and water is had through :the clothing, loosening thedirt and thoroughly cleansing the clothing being washed.

Having thus described myinvention,what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

A washing-machine composed of a case or cylinder of octagonal cross-section, buckets composed of converging plates 07, arranged in pairs within the said cylinder, peripheral inletopenings in such case opposite the said buckets, peripheral outlet-openings in the said case I between each pair of buckets, and an internal angular guard between the latter openings and supporting-braces, substantially as described. In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN P. MYERS. Witnesses:

WYLLrs D. RIGKEL, NEWTON M. IZZARD. 

